120 foot tufa retaining wall
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Replacing wood/concrete sonotube wall with poured concrete
Comments (6)"Two things that influence whether poured concrete is a good choice ... do you live in a mild climate where the footer need not be excessively deep and can you get a concrete truck along the wall to pour directly in the forms. It's not only just the depth of the footing that has to be calculated in earthquake country ( of which this particular location is on a very active fault line ) it is the width of the footing as well as an appropriate steel schedule . Having the concrete truck be able to pull right up to the forms is irrelevant. Pumpers are easily available . My office is not that far from this site and I have worked in this county and the counties surrounding this area. The cost for permit submittal is about the same as in other surrounding counties with the exception of some areas in Carmel. The average course of action in construction with these common retaining walls is to remove the rotting wood and replace with pressure treated wood. This will sail through the permit department especially if the concrete piers are in good shape and the cost of the permit will be in the couple hundred dollar range. There will be no additional engineering costs if you simply replace the wood. The planning department may want to see a drainage detail , of which you can use a standard detail that is provided in the UBC. They even had their own detail booklet put together ( about 20 years ago ) that homeownera and designers could purchase for a couple of buck that had common details for retaining walls documented. It also will not cause any problems when the house is sold and goes through the re-sale inspection process....See MoreHelp with Tufa Bricks/Blocks
Comments (33)If I were to purchase a large panel of the blue styrofoam (or pink)- would it be possible for me to cut several "bricks" from one piece making a multi-brick mold from only one piece of styrofoam? (as opposed to cutting the styrofoam into smaller sections and using them to create the brick molds individually) I am invisioning.. a sheet of plywood set up in our garage with a sheet of thick plastic covering it, then setting the styrofoam panel on top, lining the exposed cuts with something (tape as mentioned above?) and the spreading my hypertufa mixture in all the various holes. I am guessing there would be 2-3 inches between each specific hole allowing adaquate support to prevent a breakthrough. I am hoping I could then mass produce the hypertufa bricks. Any thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? If this won't work any suggestions for mass producing bricks with minimal effort? Thanks, bluejean in ohio...See MoreWaterproofing masonry wall & concrete floor pond
Comments (13)Tropicofcancer, Like an epoxy it is a two part product but that is the only thing similar between the two types of products. Epoxy is a rigid product and if the cement moves or cracks the epoxy will fail. Over time the epoxy will probably fail. The CIM is a rubber product that will flex with movement and can stretch. Properly installed will last about 60 years. It has to be mixed with an electric drill mixer for 3 minutes. After mixed it is to sit for two minutes before using. Once mixed it has a working life of 20 minutes. The whole time it is getting thicker. I use the trowel grade. One person can easily do one gallon in the 20 minutes. When I use 5 gallons it requires at least 3 people and the product is getting pretty thick by the time that 5 gallons is gone. They say if I remember correctly that one gallon will cover about 25 square feet but I usually get about 15 sq ft. which means I put it on thick then the 60 mils that they say should be used. Fresh concrete has to set for thirty days before coating. It also has to be primed with their primer. That is brushed on and covers about 450 sq ft per gallon. CIM will adhere to a lot of different surfaces including non porous surfaces like rubber liner, brick, concrete and some plastics. When first installed it will be glossy and after six months will turn dull even under water. I have used it 6 ft under water with no problem. I buy it from a local company called Sealant Engineering. Mike...See Moresuggestions for full sun location against concrete wall?
Comments (9)Apologies, Hoov. I'm afraid the word "ivy" is enough to make me flinch. Growing, we thought we had killed the stuff several times. It always came back. At last -- because it really was causing structural problems here, we resorted to a chemical designed specifically for the purpose of killing ivy. (No, I don't like chemicals, but it WAS beginning to rip apart a fairly important and very old retaining wall.) The chemical did the trick. The stuff is gone. And to our very great pleasure, the Baronne Prevost we thought it had finally killed actually came back. We could call her "Lazarus," I guess. ============= We DID place large uprights at intervals along the wall, and nail redwood latticework panels to them. This has modified the effect of the reflected heat, and really helped the things planted there. Jeri...See MoreLonglocks
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